1995 Tsugaru shamisen no tanjô: minzoku geinô no seisei to ryûsei [『津軽三味線の誕生 民俗芸能の生成と隆盛』, The Birth of Tsugaru Shamisen Music: The Origin and Development of a Japanese Folk Performing Art]. Tôkyô: Shinyôsha [新曜社]. Translated and abridged in Suda, Daijô and Rausch (Aomori: Aomori University Press, 1998).

1991a The Autobiography of Takahashi Chikuzan: Adventures of a Tsugaru-jamisen Musician. Translated and annotated by Gerald GROEMER. Warren: Harmonie Park Press. Originally published in Japanese as Jiden Tsugaru shamisen hitori tabi, A Full Circle in a Solitary Journey with Tsugaru Shamisen.